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A midlife crisis is a transition of identity and self-confidence that can occur in middle-aged individuals, typically 45 to 64/65 years old. [1] [2] [3] The phenomenon is described as a psychological crisis brought about by events that highlight a person's growing age, inevitable mortality, and possible lack of accomplishments in life.
A midlife crisis may not be an aspiration for many, but it was always an option. According to a columnist for The Cut, New York Magazine’s website, 40-somethings now no longer have that privilege.
Older people have different requirements from society and government, and frequently have differing values as well, such as for property and pension rights. [1] Older people are also more likely to vote, and in many countries the young are forbidden from voting. Thus, the aged have comparatively more, or at least different, political influence. [2]
These measurements are generalities, and people may exhibit changes at different rates and times. [19] Mortality rates can begin to increase, due mainly to health issues like heart problems, cancer, hypertension, and diabetes. [15] Still, the majority of middle-aged people in industrialized nations can expect to live into old age.
But while the midlife crises of the baby boom generations may have been defined by a fear of getting older or panic about major life changes, younger generations experience a different set of worries.
People are living well into their 70s on average, and many are starting over after divorce or the loss of a spouse in midlife and later. In fact, 28% of people ages 50 to 64 are single, and that ...
Stage-crisis view is a theory of adult development that was established by Daniel Levinson. [1] [2] Although largely influenced by the work of Erik Erikson, [3] Levinson sought to create a broader theory that would encompass all aspects of adult development as opposed to just the psychosocial.
Socioemotional selectivity theory (SST; developed by Stanford psychologist Laura L. Carstensen) is a life-span theory of motivation.The theory maintains that as time horizons shrink, as they typically do with age, people become increasingly selective, investing greater resources in emotionally meaningful goals and activities.